Find out the size of a .tar.gz archive in the terminal without unpacking
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I have a 32GB .tar.gz archive and I'd like to know the size of the files if I unpack this compressed archive. I'd like to avoid unpacking the archive first and than use e.g. du
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Is it also possible to find out the size of the contained files without unpacking the compressed archive (on a Linux and/or MacOSX system)?
For another archive I know, that it also contains .tar.gz files. Is it also possible to calculate the size of the unpacked archives that are contained within an archive? (for example by setting a level to which the "unpacking" should be simulated?)
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